Hello and welcome to our Leeds United live blog on Friday, November 8.

Leeds United continue preparations for the upcoming home tie against Blackburn Rovers on Saturday.

The impressive 2-0 victory over Queens Park Rangers saw the Whites return to the top of the Championship table - if only for 24 hours before Preston's narrow win over Charlton.

Eddie Nketiah's progress will be closely monitored this week. Eyeing his first league start for Leeds on Saturday, the Arsenal loanee was forced out of the squad with an abdominal injury.

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Matteo on why Leeds United never should have sacked David O'Leary

Dominic Matteo has revealed there’s mixed opinions on David O’Leary from those that played under him at Leeds United, but praised him personally.

O’Leary signed Matteo from Liverpool in 2000, and the defender-turned-defensive-midfielder instantly became an important member of the squad.

The Irish manager, who hasn’t managed a club in England since leaving Aston Villa in 2006, only briefly going back to the dugout for Dubai-based Al-Ahli FC in 2010, often divides fans of the club, even today.

Remembrance service at Elland Road

Leeds United Football Club will pay its respects to fallen heroes from the armed forces at the Sky Bet Championship fixture against Blackburn Rovers on Saturday afternoon (9th November) with a special tribute ahead of kick off.

The Whites’ dedicated Remembrance fixture will see the two team captains laying wreathes in the centre of the pitch as they are joined by various military personnel and standard bearers.

Following an announcement, there will be a moment of silence and a bugler will then perform The Last Post as a mark of respect to all of the service men and women that have served our country.

The club have invited guests from The Royal British Legion, our partners at the Parachute Regiment, the Yorkshire Regiment, the Royal Dragoon Guards and other branches of the military to be a part of the day.

If you would like to buy a poppy and donate to The Royal British Legion, there will be sellers located around Elland Road in the build up to the game.

A warm welcome from everyone at the club to all of our guests from the armed forces who will be in attendance tomorrow to help mark Remembrance Day.

15:40Beren Cross

Morris hypocrisy

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Warnock transfer warning and tells Bielsa to avoid same 'mistakes'

Former Leeds United defender Stephen Warnock has issued a transfer message to Marcelo Bielsa and the club’s board after ‘mistakes’ in the last January window.

Leeds were one of the favourites to land automatic promotion last term, but struggled late on and ultimately settled for a play-off spot and were dumped out by Derby County.

Warnock believes Leeds set the tone for the late-season slump by not recruiting enough talent in the January transfer window, something he says Bielsa and co must avoid this time around.

His comments came after fans asked why club captain Richard Keogh had been sacked following a car crash on the A6 near Allestree, but not Lawrence or Bennett who were both arrested for drink-driving shortly afterwards.

Keogh was a passenger in one of the cars and suffered a serious knee injury that ruled him out of action for around 15 months.

“But is it (being sacked for drinking alcohol) punishment in some cases? Because if you were a professional footballer and you knew that if you got drunk I would fire you, you could gain quite easily. Just go and get drunk Gary and I will release you from your contract.

“You then got to Leeds in January and on a free transfer and you are going to get a £1.5m signing bonus and £500,000 a year more salary. Is that punishment Gary?

“So it’s not as simple as people think when they think about these issues. And I actually think, in the case of two of the lads,they have to come out and face our crowd every game now and the only way they can improve on this is on the field, that’s all they can do.”

Mel Morris looks on before the Championship match between Cardiff City and Derby County at Cardiff City Stadium on September 27, 2016 (Image: Stu Forster/Getty Images)

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The goals that changed our lives: Lee Bowyer v Derby County

Our new series with Jon Howe.

Big games don’t need any kind of build-up, they announce themselves, but then occasionally, the game we will remember forever arrives from nowhere, like a freight train, or a runaway supermarket trolley, or a Lee Bowyer run into the penalty box.

Leeds United v Derby County on Saturday, November 8, 1997 was one such game. A fixture that pitted a maddeningly inconsistent Leeds side who were just finding their feet in a transitional phase under manager George Graham, against a Derby side stuck in their perennial dogfight against relegation.

Having witnessed just 28 league goals in the entirety of the previous season, Leeds fans were only just waking up to the vague possibility football could be entertaining again, having enjoyed a 4-1 win over Newcastle United, including a sulking and homesick David Batty, in the previous home game before this riotously fun afternoon at Elland Road.

Nasser Al-Khelaifi answers to the press during a press conference to announce new shirt sponsorship deal with the French multinational Accor at the Parc des Princes stadium in Paris on February 22, 2019 (Image: FRANCK FIFE/AFP via Getty Images)

Beren Cross

Good morning

We will be hearing from Marcelo Bielsa at lunchtime, while three of the first-team squad will be facing fans in a Q&A event at Elland Road this evening.